Study on heat content for submanifolds in sub-Riemannian geometry.
problem Understanding heat content for submanifolds in sub-Riemannian geometry.
method Existence of smooth tubular neighborhood, definition of relative heat content, approximation via smooth neighborhoods, asymptotic expansion analysis.
result Approximation of relative heat content fails to recover the exact expansion.
Study heat content in sub-Riemannian manifolds, obtaining asymptotic expansion.
problem Heat content in sub-Riemannian manifolds with non-characteristic domains.
method Fourth-order asymptotic expansion, combining rough boundary temperature and stochastic completeness.
result Obtained a fourth-order asymptotic expansion for relative heat content.
Study on heat content for domains with fractal boundaries.
problem Analyzing short-time asymptotics of heat content for domains with fractal boundaries.
method Developing mathematical analysis on de Gennes' hypothesis and exploring fractal curvatures.
result Fractal curvatures and their scaling exponents may emerge in the short-time heat content asymptotics of domains with fractal boundaries.
Study heat content on RCD(K,N) spaces with specific boundary conditions.
problem Analyzing heat content in RCD(K,N) spaces with irregular boundaries.
method Proved first-order asymptotics using measured interior geodesic condition.
result Established first-order heat content asymptotics on RCD(K,N) spaces.
Classifies domains critical for heat content and exit-time moments.
problem Understanding critical domains for heat content and exit-time moments.
method First variation of heat content, constant flow property, isoparametric foliation.
result Domains critical for heat content at all times have constant flow property and isoparametric foliation.
We obtain upper bounds on the heat content and on the torsional rigidity of a complete Riemannian manifold M, assuming a generalized Hardy inequality for the Dirichlet Laplacian on M.
Study spectral properties of sub-Laplacians in Carnot groups.
problem Spectral properties of sub-Laplacians in Carnot groups.
method Proved pure point spectrum and spectral gap; applied to small ball problem and heat content.
result Proved existence of spectral gap and pure point spectrum.
Study shows how heat leaks from material sets in low diffusivity scenarios.
problem Understanding heat leakage from material sets in low diffusivity limits.
method Generalized leading-order asymptotics for time-dependent diffusion processes.
result Diffusive transport out of a material set is proportional to the surface area of the set boundary.
Study heat content in sub-Riemannian structures, proving asymptotic series existence and coefficients.
problem Analyzing heat content in sub-Riemannian manifolds.
method Adapting Savo's technique to sub-Riemannian structures, computing coefficients up to order 5.
result Existence of full asymptotic series and explicit computation of coefficients up to order 5.
Let M be a Riemannian manifold and Ω a compact domain of M with smooth boundary. We study the solution of the heat equation on Ω having constant unit initial conditions and Dirichlet boundary conditions. The purpose of this paper is to study the geometry of domains for which, at any fixed value of time, the nor…
This monograph develops the theory of covariant Schrödinger semigroups acting on sections of vector bundles over noncompact Riemannian manifolds from scratch. Contents: I. Sobolev spaces on vector bundles II. Smooth heat kernels on vector bundles III. Basis differential operators in Riemannian manifolds IV. Some specif…
The paper applies Gaussianization to analyze Earth data, simplifying complex multivariate distributions.
problem Challenges in accurately estimating information content in high-dimensional, heterogeneous Earth data.
method Multivariate Gaussianization for robust probability density estimation.
result Validates the method for estimating information-theoretic measures in Earth system data.
Study shows online learning algorithms incentivize low-quality content, proposing new algorithms to improve quality.
problem Online learning algorithms in content recommender systems incentivize producers to create low-quality content.
method Analyzed the game between producers and content quality, designed new learning algorithms to incentivize high effort and quality.
result New algorithms incentivize producers to invest high effort and achieve high user welfare, improving content quality.
Proposes a model to optimize feedback for content creators on social media.
problem Nurturing content creation on social media platforms.
method Modeling feedback distribution to incentivize creators and optimize newsfeed experience.
result Optimized newsfeed for content creators without compromising user experience.
Proposes a VAE variant for ordinal content factors.
problem Isolating ordinal-valued content factors in deep latent variable models.
method Introduces a partially ordered set (poset) structure and a conditional Gaussian spacing prior model.
result Significant improvements in content-style separation over previous non-ordinal approaches.
Sensory data are often comprised of independent content and transformation factors. For example, face images may have shapes as content and poses as transformation. To infer separately these factors from given data, various ``disentangling'' models have been proposed. However, many of these are supervised or semi-super…
The paper compares heat kernels on manifolds with Robin boundary conditions.
problem Comparing heat kernels on manifolds with different boundary conditions.
method Proving comparison theorems for heat kernels on geodesic balls and minimal submanifolds.
result Eigenvalue comparison theorem for the first Robin eigenvalues on minimal submanifolds.
We give a short proof of a strong version of the short time asymptotic expansion of heat kernels associated to Laplace type operators acting on sections of vector bundles over compact Riemannian manifolds, including exponential decay of the difference of the approximate heat kernel and the true heat kernel. We use this…
Study on biharmonic map heat flow with monotonicity formula.
problem Properties of biharmonic heat kernel and extrinsic biharmonic map heat flow.
method Derived an entropy type quantity exhibiting monotonicity behaviors.
result Monotonicity formula for extrinsic biharmonic map heat flow.
Study on uniquely determining thermal properties from boundary temperature and heat flux measurements.
problem Determine thermal conductivity and volumetric heat capacity from boundary measurements.
method Uniqueness proof for isotropic and anisotropic media under thermal diffusivity assumption.
result Uniqueness of thermal properties in all dimensions and up to a gauge in two dimensions.
In the industry of video content providers such as VOD and IPTV, predicting the popularity of video contents in advance is critical not only from a marketing perspective but also from a network optimization perspective. By predicting whether the content will be successful or not in advance, the content file, which is l…
Understanding the heat usage of customers is crucial for effective district heating operations and management. Unfortunately, existing knowledge about customers and their heat load behaviors is quite scarce. Most previous studies are limited to small-scale analyses that are not representative enough to understand the b…
We consider Laplacians acting on sections of homogeneous vector bundles over symmetric spaces. By using an integral representation of the heat semi-group we find a formal solution for the heat kernel diagonal that gives a generating function for the whole sequence of heat invariants. We show explicitly that the obtaine…
Many businesses are using recommender systems for marketing outreach. Recommendation algorithms can be either based on content or driven by collaborative filtering. We study different ways to incorporate content information directly into the matrix factorization approach of collaborative filtering. These content-booste…
The heat kernel for the Cauchy-Riemann subLaplacian on S(2n+1) is derived in a manner which is completely analogous to the classical derivation of elliptic heat kernels. This suggests that the classical hamiltonian construction of elliptic heat kernels, with appropriate modifications, does yield heat kernels for subell…
Spotify improves content mix using contextual bandits.
problem Skewed historical data and varying user preferences across contexts.
method Contextual bandits to dynamically learn optimal content type distribution.
result Improved precision and user engagement with under-represented content types.
The paper studies heat kernel asymptotics and proves Morse inequalities.
problem Analyzing the asymptotic behavior of heat kernels near critical points.
method Localization and scaling techniques in semi-classical analysis.
result The heat kernel near critical points is approximated by harmonic oscillator kernels, leading to Morse inequalities.
A new model considers fatigue in online content recommendation systems.
problem Fatigue in users due to overexposure and boredom from similar recommendations.
method Proposed a fatigue-aware Dependent Click Model (DCM) and two learning algorithms.
result Developed algorithms with regret bounds for learning content relevance and fatigue effects.
New PCGML approach generates novel game content across multiple platformer domains.
problem Generating novel game content in new domains.
method Using a new affordance and path vocabulary, variational autoencoders trained on data from six platformer games produce new content with varying proportions of different domains.
result Captures latent level space spanning multiple domains and generates new content with varying proportions of different domains.
Derives gradient estimates for CR heat equation on pseudo-Hermitian manifolds.
problem Estimating solutions to CR heat equation on complex manifolds.
method Local and global Li-Yau type gradient estimates.
result Gradient estimates and Harnack inequality for positive solutions.
New heat equation method solves intertwining problems in CR geometry.
problem Intertwining problems in conformal CR geometry.
method Heat equation and extension problems approach.
result New intertwining formulas derived.
The Liouville theorem is proven for V T-harmonic map heat flow.
problem Proving Liouville theorems for V T-harmonic maps.
method Analyzing heat flow on manifolds with specific properties.
result Liouville theorems established for V T-harmonic maps.
We consider Laplacians acting on sections of homogeneous vector bundles over symmetric spaces. By using an integral representation of the heat semi-group we find a formal solution for the heat kernel diagonal that gives a generating function for the whole sequence of heat invariants. We argue that the obtained formal s…
New method predicts heat load in thermal grids using latent variables.
problem Predicting heat load in district energy systems.
method Combines nominal model for outdoor temperature with latent variable model for residual heat load.
result Proposed method achieves better prediction accuracy than artificial neural networks.
We consider visual domains in which a class label specifies the content of an image, and class-irrelevant properties that differentiate instances constitute the style. We present a domain-independent method that permits the open-ended recombination of style of one image with the content of another. Open ended simply me…
Paper studies heat flow for maps on manifolds, avoiding singularities.
problem Avoiding singularities in heat flow for maps on manifolds.
method Introduces regularized conformal heat flow for n-harmonic maps. result Regularized n-conformal heat flow does not develop finite time singularities. In this paper, we first give a direct proof for two recurrence relations of the heat kernels for hyperbolic spaces in \cite{DM}. Then, by similar computation, we give two similar recurrence relations of the heat kernels for spheres. Finally, as an application, we compute the diagonal of heat kernels for odd dimensional…
New study shows personalized content recommendations can lead to polarization of user preferences.
problem Personalized content recommendations can alter user preferences, leading to polarization.
method Used a model of preference dynamics to explore how personalized content affects user preferences.
result Standard reward maximization algorithms achieve only constant regret in personalized recommendation environments.
Formulae connect heat kernels on glued manifolds.
problem Connecting heat kernels on joined manifolds.
method Proved gluing formulae for Laplacian heat kernels.
result Formulae linking heat kernels on joined manifolds.
Proves upper bounds for heat kernels evolving on manifolds.
problem Bounding heat kernels on evolving manifolds.
method Logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and ultracontractivity estimates.
result Gaussian upper bounds for heat kernels are derived.
This paper describes results characterizing the range of the time-t heat operator on various manifolds, including Euclidean spaces, spheres, and hyperbolic spaces. The guiding principle behind these results is this: The functions in the range of the heat operator should be, roughly, those functions having an analytic c…
Study on biharmonic heat equation on manifolds with curvature constraints.
problem Analyzing entire solutions of biharmonic heat equation on manifolds.
method Exponential decay estimates for biharmonic heat kernel under Ricci curvature and noncollapsing conditions. Proving uniqueness criteria for Cauchy problem.
result Conservation law for biharmonic heat kernel and uniform L-infinity estimate for entire solutions.
Text style transfer aims to modify the style of a sentence while keeping its content unchanged. Recent style transfer systems often fail to faithfully preserve the content after changing the style. This paper proposes a structured content preserving model that leverages linguistic information in the structured fine-gra…
Derives properties of heat kernel for Rumin complex on Heisenberg groups.
problem Analyzing heat kernel properties for Rumin complex.
method Derives properties of heat equation with Hodge operator on Heisenberg groups.
result Constructs Calderón reproducing formula using heat kernel for Rumin forms.
The paper studies heat kernels on weighted Riemannian manifolds with curvature bounds.
problem Estimating heat kernels on weighted Riemannian manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bounds.
method Establishing parabolic Harnack inequalities, proving Gaussian bounds for heat kernels, and constructing Li-Yau-type gradient estimates.
result Gaussian upper and lower bounds for the heat kernel, Liouville theorem, uniqueness property, and eigenvalue bounds.
In this paper we give Hamilton's Laplacian estimates for the heat equation on complete noncompact manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature. As an application, combining Li-Yau's lower and upper bounds of the heat kernel, we give an estimate on Laplacian form of the heat kernel on complete manifolds with nonnegative R…
With rapid development of the Internet, web contents become huge. Most of the websites are publicly available, and anyone can access the contents from anywhere such as workplace, home and even schools. Nevertheless, not all the web contents are appropriate for all users, especially children. An example of these content…
Paper studies smoothness of bi-conformal heat flow on 4-manifolds.
problem Smoothness of bi-conformal heat flow on 4-manifolds.
method Introduces bi-conformal heat flow (bi-CHF) and proves global smoothness without finite time singularities.
result Global smoothness and no finite time singularity for bi-conformal heat flow.